citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 227 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Gunnison has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$16K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-05-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $7K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2008-01-09.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2009
0
2008
3
2007
11
2006
8
2005
10
2004
8
2003
1
2002
1
2001
0
2000
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Gunnison sits in Gunnison County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Gunnison County, Colorado · Population 17,158
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$77,358
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
66
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,234
3
0
2431.1
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
749
6
2
8010.7
2007 Q3
4,471
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
5,487
12
5
2187.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1
606
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
3,185
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
4,754
4
1
841.4
2006 Q2
4,152
1
0
240.8
2006 Q1
0
1
0
2005 Q4
1,038
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
4,549
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
4,157
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
4,752
1
0
210.4
2004 Q3
5,217
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
3,777
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
60
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
429
5
1
11655.0
2003 Q3
0
6
0
2003 Q2
504
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
160
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
480
1
0
2083.3
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
0
0
0
2001 Q3
0
0
0
2001 Q2
0
0
0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
80
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2007 · 2 incidents
July 30, 2007CO · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS